Rachel Belkin

I design meaningful travel, whether that means connecting with nature, your travel buddies, local culture, or the tropical drink in your hand on a white sandy beach. :)

Whether you know exactly where you're going or have no idea, I listen, I strategize, and I help you get there.

I've been fortunate to travel a lot. My first flight was at 6 weeks old! As a kid, I used to love our road trips, playing travel bingo, the alphabet game, and trying to get truck drivers to toot their horns.

As a teen, a trip to Europe and Israel with my grandmother was a great start to my overseas travel.

After that, my travel wanderlust only grew stronger.

As a young adult, I found every chance I could to travel. I loved the feeling of exploring, learning, growing, and connecting from my semester abroad in Spain, a summer volunteering in Israel, and several months of learning and volunteering in Costa Rica.

My dream has always been to help people experience the joy and meaning in travel.

Now, I have many different roles. In addition to being a mom of 18 and 20-year-olds, I'm a wife, dog and cat mom, travel writer, educator, marketing consultant, and your trusty travel advisor.

I used to think of all of those as distinct hats I wore, but now I see they are all about showing people (except for the animals part) something they couldn't quite understand or see before. I love helping people (and animals) connect, find meaning, grow, learn, and deepen their perspectives.

I've planned road trips across and through Texas, city-hopping trips through Western Europe before smartphones existed (how did we do that?), last-minute college visits with just a personal item as luggage (I can also give packing tips), couples trips to Costa Rica, a week in Thailand, trips around select baseball tournaments and professional sports games, multigenerational family trips, and a five-star Dominican Republic resort entirely paid for with credit card points. I've joined press trips as a travel journalist and planned girls' getaways that were more meaningful than anyone expected.

Some of my most memorable trips were built around moments, not just destinations. After finishing breast cancer treatment, we took a family trip (with a 3- and 5-year-old) to Hawai'i, using points from my medical bills.

When my aunt completed her cancer treatment, we celebrated with an Alaskan cruise.

Milestones and accomplishments deserve to be celebrated: finishing treatment, graduating, retiring, a big birthday, an anniversary, an empty nest, or a fresh start. Let's celebrate!

All that to say, I'm here to do as much or as little as you need. You can hand me the whole thing, or just run your plan by me. Either way, the goal is the same: you get the most out of the time and money you spend and create beautiful, long-lasting memories.